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Taking% this% into% account,% the% exploitation% and/or% management% of% water% supply% systems% constitutes% an% activity% of% great% complexity,% since% it% must% involve% a% constant% analysis% of% the% several% technical% and% economic% parameters% in% various% intervention% areas,% of% which% we% highlight% the%"fight%against%losses"%due%to%the%production%cost% or% the% water% acquisition% for% distribution% being% usually%high.%%
It$is$essential$to$eliminate$water$waste$ and$reduce$to$acceptable$levels$the$ water$losses$in$the$systems,$giving$ priority$to$those$who$are$potentially$ most$significant$(public$and/or$ collective$systems).$
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Learn!some!more:! •% http://www.liemberger.cc/impressum.html% •% http://www.awwa.org/portals/0/files/resources/water%20knowledge/water%20loss%20contr ol/iwaZawwaZmethodZawwaZupdated.pdf% •% http://www.eea.europa.eu/dataZandZmaps/indicators/waterZuseZefficiencyZinZcitiesZ leakage/waterZuseZefficiencyZinZcitiesZleakage% %
The% essential% tool% to% assess%the%effectiveness% efficiency%
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This% project% has% been% funded% with% support% from% the% European% Commission.% This% publication%reflects%the%views%only%of%the%author,%and%the%Commission%cannot%be%held% responsible%for%any%use%which%may%be%made%of%the%information%contained%therein% !
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